Quartal and quintal harmony
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In music, quartal harmony is the building of harmonic structures from the intervals of the perfect fourth, the augmented fourth, and the diminished fourth. For instance, a three-note quartal chord on
Disliking the sound of thirds (in equal-temperament tuning), Robert Fripp builds chords with perfect intervals in his new standard tuning.
McCoy Tyner
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Alfred McCoy Tyner was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet from 1960 to 1965 and his long solo career afterward. He was an NEA Jazz Master and a fiv
Quartal and quintal harmony
…used by pianists and arrangers like Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Bill Evans, Milt Buckner, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and especially McCoy Tyner. The hard bop of the 1950s made new applications of quartal harmony accessible to jazz. Quintet writing in which two melodic instruments (commonly…
Tyner in 1973
Tyner at Keystone Korner in San Francisco, in March 1981
Tyner with Ravi Coltrane at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, in August 2005
Tyner with his quartet at Jazz Alley in Seattle, in April 2012